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Pterolophia Rustenburgi
''Pterolophia rustenburgi'' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1898. Retrieved on 8 September 2014. Subspecies * ''Pterolophia rustenburgi rustenburgi'' Distant, 1898 * ''Pterolophia rustenburgi mourgliai'' Téocchi, Jiroux & Sudre, 2004 * ''Pterolophia rustenburgi rufomarmorata'' Breuning, 1964References rustenburgi Beetles described in 1898 {{Pterolophia-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lucas Distant
William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist. Biography Early years Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distantspecies:B.R. Subba Rao, Rao, B.R. Subba (1998) ''History of Entomology in India''. Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore. and his wife, Sarah Ann Distant (née Berry). Following his father's death in 1867, a trip to the Malay Peninsula to visit his older brother, also named Alexander and a ship's captain, aroused his interest in natural history, and resulted in the publication of ''Rhopalocera Malayana'' (1882–1886), a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. (He considered 5 August 1867 as the most eventful day in his life). Career Much of Distant's early life was spent working in a London tannery, and while employed there he made two long visits to the South African Republic, Transvaal. The first resulted in the publication of ''A Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae (ladybirds or ladybugs) eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops. Beetles typically have a particularly hard e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerambycidae
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body. In various members of the family, however, the antennae are quite short (e.g., '' Neandra brunnea'') and such species can be difficult to distinguish from related beetle families such as the Chrysomelidae. The scientific name of this beetle family goes back to a figure from Greek mythology: after an argument with nymphs, the shepherd Cerambus was transformed into a large beetle with horns. Description Other than the typical long antennal length, the most consistently distinctive feature of the family is that the antennal sockets are located on low tubercles on the face; other beetles with long antennae lack these tubercles, and cerambycids with short antennae still possess them. They otherwise vary greatly in size, shap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterolophia
''Pterolophia'' is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, Retrieved on 8 September 2014. containing the following species: subgenus ''Ale'' * ''Pterolophia affinis'' Breuning, 1938 * ''Pterolophia agraria'' (Pascoe, 1865) * ''Pterolophia albescens'' Breuning, 1938 * ''Pterolophia albicans'' Breuning, 1938 * ''Pterolophia albohumeralis'' Breuning, 1961 * ''Pterolophia albotarsalis'' Breuning, 1938 * ''Pterolophia albovaria'' Breuning, 1938 * ''Pterolophia albovittata'' Breuning, 1938 * ''Pterolophia annamensis'' Breuning, 1939 * ''Pterolophia annularis'' Breuning, 1938 * ''Pterolophia anoplagiata'' Aurivillius, 1911 * ''Pterolophia api ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
